After the Cold War: Voices for Global Demilitarization
Iwona Tyszkiewicz
Thursday, 08 Nov 1990 at 12:00 pm – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
Iwona Tyszkiewicz joined the Polish Solidarity movement in 1980 and went underground after marital law was imposed. In 1982 she was convicted of "working for the destruction of the state" for distributing newspapers and was sentenced to 3 years in prison. Freed after a general amnesty and a year of forced labor, she helped organize miners' strikes. She now produces television program working through an independent trade union.Part of the World Affairs Series: Eastern Europe and the World in Transition
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